Search - Polar Goldie Cats :: Polar Goldie Cats

The smartest music around.

04/06/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Every threat of collapse is followed by a resurrection. Beethoven did this. This is the smartest music around, and mercifully free of the kind of foolish posturing that seems to suggest that the band would be just as happy to beat the hell out of you as make music. These are serious artists; there is no concession to show biz."

Aural Butoh

04/02/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If Japanese Butoh were a sound it would be this music. Every turn, nuance, and beat is passionate and unexpected. This is art-making music. I am an artist and I listen to it all the time when I'm working in my studio. This is Homo Sapien Sapien music. It rolls over your cerebral cortex like a holographic tidal wave; just when you think the music is about to drown you in its intensity it suddenly reveals itself as just a magnificent thought."

Not bad, not great

01/05/2000

(2 out of 5 stars)

"There is a rawness in this recording that is refreshing, both in the playing, which seems to fall apart at times, and in the recording itself. There is also a humor in the approach--the name, the names taken by the bandmembers, the song titles. However, I was ultimately somewhat disappointed in this. After only a few listens, I didn't seem to be getting anything new out of it. I think a good record does that, giving repeated listens a value as you discover something new. But this album just left me flat after five or six listens."